Cooktop Fire Suppressor Can Help Conserve Fire Department Budgets and Increase Safety for Firefighte

FORT WORTH, Texas - April 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Cooktop Fire Suppressors Can Help Conserve Fire Department Budgets and Increase Safety for Firefighters

Fort Worth, Texas – April 2, 2013 – Anytime the fire engine leaves the station for a response call it costs an average of $500 - $1,000. According to Washington D.C. Engine Company 10, their average response call costs $3,500 with around 25 calls per day*. The leading cause of home fires is cooking and kitchen fires cause a yearly average of $876 million in property loss. Cooking fires can quickly start to put a strain on fire department resources which may already stretched due to:

•   Shrinking budgets and layoffs leaving less staff to respond to emergencies
•   Increases in fuel costs coupled with low fire-engine fuel efficiency
•   Wear and tear on gear and equipment, training, and more

Auto-Out® securely anchors underneath a residential range hood with a magnet and remains out-of-sight, out-of-mind until a cooking fire occurs. When flames reach the bottom of the device, Auto-Out® automatically opens to release a powerful, yet environmentally friendly fire-suppressing powder that smothers the fire instantly. When Auto-Out® is installed in homes and apartments within a community the following benefits have been reported:

•   Decrease in calls for fires that started from careless cooking
•   Increased safety for residents, including firefighters
•   Less time, money, and resources spent on fighting home fires leaving more funding available for equipment, gear, staffing, training, and fire education/ prevention programs

The following is a success story reported by Capt. Dennis Peck of the Easthampton, MA Fire Department. “I just returned from a stove fire call at Apple Tree Lane here in Easthampton MA. Upon arrival there was no smoke, no fire showing. The police officer on scene advised as we got off Eng 1 that the scene looked good and the fire was out. Further investigation into the apartment found the stove where the fire had occurred and white powder all over it. My first thought was that the police officer had hit it with an extinguisher. Then I noticed one of your canisters hanging from the hood. In my 33 yrs. of the Fire Service, I have never come across this in a residential setting. I just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that your product saved this apartment and adjoining units from a potentially disastrous fire. It did so, extremely efficiently. So much so that we didn’t even have to ventilate any smoke because there wasn’t any.  Very impressive to say the least.”

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* http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/firefighters-medical-call...

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Fort Worth, Texas 76110
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